Transport Specialist

Location:

Chicago, Illinois
Business Unit:
Rush Medical Center
Hospital:
Rush University Medical Center
Department:
Patient Transport Services
Work Type:
Part Time (Total FTE between 0.5 and 0.89)

Shift: Shift 2

Work Schedule:

8 Hr (3:00:00 PM - 11:30:00 PM)
Rush offers exceptional rewards and benefits; learn more at our Rush benefits page (https://(Use the "Apply for this Job" box below).)
Pay Range: $18.25 per hour
Rush salaries are determined by many factors including education, job‑related experience, and internal equity. The pay range reflects anticipated wages for this position; actual offers may vary.

Transporting patients and patient‑related items throughout the hospital complex. Exemplifies the Rush mission, vision and values and acts in accordance with Rush policies and procedures.

• Ability to follow verbal and written instructions.
• Respond to a Dr. Code Blue/Delivering Blood Gases (Main‑House, Professional Building, Academic Facility and Johnston R. Bowman, which is about two (2) blocks).

• Ability to lift 50 pounds and have excellent patient contact/customer skills.
• Physically able to constantly push stretcher and/or wheelchair patients; on foot majority of the work day.
• Must be able to walk at a fast pace and sometimes run in life‑and‑death situations.
• Transporting Emergency Room patients via stretchers.
• Transporting patients via stretcher to and from JRB.
• Transporting patients via wheelchair/stretcher up and down inclines.
• Using the stairs depending on the emergency request.
• Pushing a large emergency crash cart (approximately 200 lbs.) from the Pharmacy Department to the emergency site.

• Maintain a professional appearance and attitude.
• Function under pressure when interacting with patients, co‑workers, etc. without being offended.
• Follow all hospital and departmental policies and procedures.
• Train new Transport Specialists on all aspects of the job, including use of Patient Tracking, body mechanics, equipment handling, and facility procedures.
• Assist in evaluating new wheelchairs and stretchers for purchase.
• Transport patients, hospital records, and other materials throughout the institution.
• Physically move patients on and off transport equipment and assist with transfers to and from beds, HTS wheelchairs and stretchers.
• Check the gauge of the oxygen tank (02) to ensure it is full when transporting patients on oxygen.
• Provide backup assistance to the Doorman in transporting outpatients to and from the Professional Building.
• Escort discharged patients to the Credit Office to collect personal items from the vault when requested.
• Transport deceased patients on the cadaver cart to the morgue and accompany undertakers or police to the morgue when required.
• Transport deceased patients to the receiving dock for police pickup.
• Transport deceased patients to the Viewing Room.
• Respond to Dr. Code pages with crash carts and remain until the task is completed.
• Make up stretchers with clean linen, strip soiled linen, and place it in proper laundry pickup stations.
• Deliver wheelchairs and stretchers to units/departments when requested.
• Transport blood product requisitions to various areas when the tube station is out of service.
• Transport blood bank pickup slips from units to the Blood Center and return blood to patient care nursing units.
• Transport patients' belongings as directed.
• Deliver wheelchairs/stretcher that require repair or cleaning to the storage areas (005 Pavilion, room 415 Jones, and 909 Jelke).
• Ensure HTS wheelchairs/swifters are not left unattended in hallways, near units, or on elevators.
• Alert the Security Department when unusual occurrences are observed.
• Attend meetings when requested.
• Perform related duties assigned.

Rush is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other legally protected characteristics.